Brought back from the dead: Guerrero resurrects 1986 Jeep Wrangler

Oct. 23, 2012

Big and blue: Barrigada resident Jess Guerrero stands next to his baby sky blue 1986 Jeep Wrangler. Guerrero spotted the once broken-down Jeep under his neighbor's mango tree and brought it back to life with the help of his friend, Frank Quitugua. Lacee A.C. Martinez/Pacific Daily News/lcmartinez@guampdn.com

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Lacee A.C. Martinez
Pacific Daily News

ust down the street from his Barrigada home, Jess Guerrero spotted a lifeless relic beneath a mango tree and buried in rubble.

It was a 1986 Jeep Wrangler that belonged to his neighbor -- parked indefinitely and wasting away from a broken drive shaft.

"It was covered with plywood and all kinds of stuff," says Guerrero, a retired court probation officer and Vietnam veteran. "When I saw it, I said, 'We can fix this and all we need is some money and the person who can do it.'" ...